Cthulhu Mythos Timeline - Revision history

Demetriusofphaleron: Added inferred date for Carter and Manton encountering "The Unnamable"

2023-08-01T16:48:29Z

Added inferred date for Carter and Manton encountering "The Unnamable"

Travern: /* 1920s */

2021-11-20T16:10:59Z

‎1920s

Demetriusofphaleron: /* 1880s */ added date from "The Green Meadow"

2020-12-02T16:59:32Z

‎1880s: added date from "The Green Meadow"

Demetriusofphaleron at 18:31, 25 July 2020

2020-07-25T18:31:08Z

Demetriusofphaleron: Added dates from "The Man of Stone"

2020-07-25T18:30:24Z

Added dates from "The Man of Stone"

PoC: /* Permission */

2018-06-19T08:43:00Z

‎Permission

Leonardolad at 15:51, 2 March 2016

2016-03-02T15:51:12Z

Ywhateley: Additional wiki links added.

2015-10-03T21:32:39Z

Additional wiki links added.

Puriridevry: /* Sources */

2013-05-10T03:28:53Z

‎Sources

Puriridevry: moved Temporary Timeline to Cthulhu Mythos Timeline: Added sections, and moved acknowledgements etc. around.

2013-05-10T03:26:31Z

moved Temporary Timeline to Cthulhu Mythos Timeline: Added sections, and moved acknowledgements etc. around.

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 July 20 Orne's sea monster mysteriously vanishes. ("The Horror at Martin's Beach," Lovecraft and Greene)
 August 8 Captain Orne and a crowd on Martin's Beach are inexplicably drowned, scandalizing the local community. ("The Horror at Martin's Beach," Lovecraft and Greene)
 December 21-22 A visitor to Kingsport walks off the cliffs at Orange Point, then is rescued, while raving about being from the past and taking part in a hideous subterreanean ceremony. He is confined to Arkham Sanitarium. ("The Festival," Lovecraft; (Kingsport: City in the Mist, Ross (G)))

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 June A series of disappearances occur in Dunwich, ending with the vanishing of Septimus Bishop. ("The Horror from the Middle Span," Lovecraft and Derleth)
 s: Gerhard Schrach, a Viennese dream-interpreter, does much of his work in this decade.
 During this time, a "magneto-optic" detection technique is highly regarded, and is even credited with the discovery of the "new elements" alabamine and virginium. However, the technique is later discredited, as are the two new elements it "detected." ("The Terror from the Depths," Leiber)

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	August 3 Arthur Jermyn commits suicide by setting himself on fire, after receiving the mummified goddess. ("Arthur Jermyn," Lovecraft)		August 3 Arthur Jermyn commits suicide by setting himself on fire, after receiving the mummified goddess. ("Arthur Jermyn," Lovecraft)
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		+	August 27, approximately 8:30p.m. a meteor lands near Potowonket, Maine, in which is found embedded a notebook with a (now incomplete) text written in Classical Greek. ("The Green Meadow," Lovecraft and Winnfred V. Jackson)

	September 27 Nathaniel Peaslee regains his memory and original personality. Thereafter, Wingate is returned to his custody. ("The Shadow Out of Time," Lovecraft)		September 27 Nathaniel Peaslee regains his memory and original personality. Thereafter, Wingate is returned to his custody. ("The Shadow Out of Time," Lovecraft)

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 : John Dee's arrangement with Edward Kelley sours when a summoned "angel" commands them to share their wives in common. (Factual)
-Nicholas Van Kauran, who possessed a copy of the Book of Eibon, is hanged for witchcraft in Wijtgaart, Netherlands. His grandson William Van Kauran saved the book and later brought it to North America, arriving first in Rensselaerwyck, NY and later settling in Esopus, NY. ("The Man of Stone", Lovecraft)
+Nicholas Van Kauran, who possessed a copy of the Book of Eibon, is hanged for witchcraft in Wijtgaart, Netherlands. His grandson William Van Kauran saves the book and later brings it to North America, arriving first in Rensselaerwyck, NY and later settling in Esopus, NY. ("The Man of Stone", Lovecraft)
 : John Dee returns to England to find his home and library has been ransacked by a mob. He is appointed to be the Warden of Christ's College in Manchester, but is unhappy and eventually returns home to Mortlake. (Factual)

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 : John Dee's arrangement with Edward Kelley sours when a summoned "angel" commands them to share their wives in common. (Factual)
 : John Dee returns to England to find his home and library has been ransacked by a mob. He is appointed to be the Warden of Christ's College in Manchester, but is unhappy and eventually returns home to Mortlake. (Factual)
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 : May 3 George Gammell Angell is born. ("The Call of Cthulhu," Lovecraft; "The Call of Cthulhu" (graphical adaptation), Lovecraft and Coulthart)
 : Friedrich von Junzt returns to his family manor, and calls for Alexis Ladeau. The two live together for the next year while von Junzt works on his magnum opus.
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 The first printing of Unaussprechlichen Kulten is released, with an introduction by Gottfried Mülder himself. ("The Black Stone," Howard; (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley))
 : Following his return from a six-month visit to Mongolia, Friedrich von Junzt is found dead by Alexis Ladeau and local authorities in his hotel room in Dusseldorf. Alexis takes a manuscript von Junzt had been working on, but after reassembling and reading it, he destroys it and slits his throat. (According to some, a few pages of this manuscript are buried with Ladeau.) ("The Black Stone," Howard; "The Thing on the Roof," Howard; ?? buried)

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 ==Permission==
-*I asked before snagging; got permission, but this is to be published so we need to rewrite/paraphrase everything here.  Maybe break it down into components.  Wow, there's a lot of shit here.  Also pending - data from author on crediting the original compiler/source.  I really only expect Phobia, Winthrop and PoC to find this page, as none of the rest of you seem all that interested in this wiki and I haven't linked here from anywhere.  In fact, I really don't PLAN to link here from anywhere.  I plan to snag tidbits and spit them out onto target pages and then eventually delete this thingey for JEB's sake. --[[User:Squashua|Squashua]] 21:05, 17 February 2006 (EST)
+*I asked before snagging; got permission, but this is to be published so we need to rewrite/paraphrase everything here.  Maybe break it down into components.  Also pending - data from author on crediting the original compiler/source. I plan to snag tidbits and spit them out onto target pages and then eventually delete this thingey for JEB's sake. --[[User:Squashua|Squashua]] 21:05, 17 February 2006 (EST)
 * [http://www.dracandros.com/Jebgarg/Nidoking/cthuchrono.htm Original Source]

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 ==Before the Creation of the Universe==
-trillion years ago: According to the Eltdown Shards, a Yekubian cube lands on a planet near the Milky Way Galaxy's rim. [A translation error or an indication that scientific theory is greatly mistaken?] ("The Challenge from Beyond," Moore et al)
+trillion years ago: According to the Eltdown Shards, a [[Yekubians|Yekubian]] cube lands on a planet near the Milky Way Galaxy's rim. [A translation error or an indication that scientific theory is greatly mistaken?] ("The Challenge from Beyond," Moore et al)
 ==Creation of the Universe==
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 Shortly after the rise of Earthen life, Tsathoggua arrives. He settles in the dark gulf of N'kai. ("Timeline of the Cthulhu Mythos," Appel)
-billion years ago: One of the Yekubians' cubes lands on a planet near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. ("The Challenge from Beyond," Moore et al)
+billion years ago: One of the [[Yekubians]]' cubes lands on a planet near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. ("The Challenge from Beyond," Moore et al)
 billion years ago: Chaugnar Faugn incarnates in a primitive form on Earth. It evolves itself over the coming millenia. ("Timeline of the Cthulhu Mythos," Appel)
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 The mi-go also bring with them two objects, later known as the Black Seal of Iraan and the Shining Trapezohedron.
-million years ago: The Great Race of Yith foils a Yekubian invasion attempt. Sometime thereafter, the tablets later known as the Eltdown Shards, which record this event, are buried in modern-day southern England. ("The Challenge from Beyond," Moore et al)
+million years ago: The Great Race of Yith foils a [[Yekubians|Yekubian]] invasion attempt. Sometime thereafter, the tablets later known as the Eltdown Shards, which record this event, are buried in modern-day southern England. ("The Challenge from Beyond," Moore et al)
 million years ago: Height of the Elder Thing civilization. ("At the Mountains of Madness," Lovecraft;  ("Timeline of the Cthulhu Mythos," Appel))

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 Between 1632 and 1680: Portions of the Necronomicon are circulated widely in France, and are used as ritual material for many black masses of the period. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
-: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the Comte d'Erlette, author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
+: Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is born. According to some, he is later known as the [[Comte d'Erlette]], author of Cultes des Goules. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
 : Jean-Francois Charriere is born in Bayonne, France. ("The Survivor," Lovecraft and Derleth)
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 c. 1664: The Kaballist Nathan of Gaza circulates the Sepher ha-Sha'are ha-Daath among his brethren, which is a commentary on a work he calls the "Book of the Alhazred." (This is said by some to be a Hebrew translation of the Necronomicon.) ("The Necronomicon Anti-FAQ," Low)
-c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the Comte d'Erlette, then Cultes des Goules is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
+c. 1665: If Antoine-Marie Augustin de Montmorency-les-Roches is indeed the [[Comte d'Erlette]], then Cultes des Goules is probably completed around this time. (Ex Libris Miskatonici, Stanley)
 : Nathan of Gaza is discredited when the would-be Messiah Shabbetai Tzevi, whom he supported, converts to Islam. (Factual)
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 : Necrolatry, by Ivor Gorstadt, is published in Leipzig. ("Dreams from R'lyeh," Carter)
-: François-Honoré Balfour, if he is the Comte d'Erlette as some believe, probably publishes Cultes des Goules in this year, before shutting himself out from the world. (Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed., Petersen and Willis et al (G))
+: François-Honoré Balfour, if he is the [[Comte d'Erlette]] as some believe, probably publishes Cultes des Goules in this year, before shutting himself out from the world. (Call of Cthulhu 5th Ed., Petersen and Willis et al (G))
 Absalom Whateley, his assistant John Bishop, and his two sons Jeremiah and Jacob perfect an alchemical process that converts baser materials to gold. However, the process is prohibitively costly and difficult. (Return to Dunwich, Herber (G))
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 : Captain Abner Exekiel Hoag discovers the work known as the Ponape Scripture on the isle of Ponape. He spends years thereafter attempting to translate it with the help of his half-Polynesian servant. Hoag succeeds, but an ecclesiastical outcry prevents his work from being published until after his death. Despite this, it is secretly circulated in occult circles for many years afterward. ("The Dweller in the Tomb," Carter; "Out of the Ages," Carter; outcry??)
-: According to some, Cultes des Goules by the Comte d'Erlette is published in Rouen, France.
+: According to some, Cultes des Goules by the [[Comte d'Erlette]] is published in Rouen, France.
 : The "famous wit" Dr. Checkley calls on Joseph Curwen at his home, and leaves in a very disturbed state. ("The Case of Charles Dexter Ward," Lovecraft)
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 : L'Histoire des Planetes, by Laurent de Longnez, is written. (It may be a French translation of Ketzer's Die Geschichte den Planeten.) ("The Recurring Doom," Joshi)
-c. 1793: The d'Erlettes flee France and settle in Bavaria at the time of the French Revolution. They change the family name to Derleth. (Factual)
+c. 1793: The [[Comte d'Erlette|d'Erlettes]] flee France and settle in Bavaria at the time of the French Revolution. They change the family name to Derleth. (Factual)
 : Juan Gonzalles, a Spanish explorer, visits the Temple of the Toad in the jungles of Honduras. ("The Thing on the Roof," Howard)

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	(Below links provided concrete historical dates for unspecified events and eras [the reigns of Roman Emperors, the Dynasties of Egypt, the Tunguska explosion, etc.].) http://www.ipgroup.com/sadigh/phoe.htm (The Phoenicians) http://www.beyond.fr/history/ (French history) http://www.dinosaur.org/timeline.htm (Geologic Eras of Earth) http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/geotime.shtml (More on the Geologic Eras of Earth) http://www.geocities.com/amenhotep.geo/ (Egyptian Dynasties) http://homepages.iol.ie/~coolmine/typ/romans/table.html (Roman Emperors) http://www.vicb.fsnet.co.uk/ (The Romans in Britain) http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/6993/tunguska.html (The Tunguska explosion) http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/ (The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906) http://www.salemweb.com/memorial/stones1.htm (The Salem Witch Trials) http://www.zoomschool.com/explorers/page/s/smith.shtml (John Smith's explorations) http://www.nuclearfiles.org/chron/40/1940s.html (The Manhattan Project) http://www.bartleby.com/65/cr/Crusades.html(The Crusades) http://www.microserve.net/~magicusa/houdibio.html (Harry Houdini) http://peicommerce.com/HISTORY/ROMAN/SULLA/SULLA.HTM(Roman dictator Sulla) http://users.tibus.com/the-great-war/events.htm (World War I dates) http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Chumash/ (Early California history) http://www.lbdb.com/TMDisplayBattle.cfm?BID=248 (Teutoberger Wald)		(Below links provided concrete historical dates for unspecified events and eras [the reigns of Roman Emperors, the Dynasties of Egypt, the Tunguska explosion, etc.].) http://www.ipgroup.com/sadigh/phoe.htm (The Phoenicians) http://www.beyond.fr/history/ (French history) http://www.dinosaur.org/timeline.htm (Geologic Eras of Earth) http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/geotime.shtml (More on the Geologic Eras of Earth) http://www.geocities.com/amenhotep.geo/ (Egyptian Dynasties) http://homepages.iol.ie/~coolmine/typ/romans/table.html (Roman Emperors) http://www.vicb.fsnet.co.uk/ (The Romans in Britain) http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/6993/tunguska.html (The Tunguska explosion) http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/ (The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906) http://www.salemweb.com/memorial/stones1.htm (The Salem Witch Trials) http://www.zoomschool.com/explorers/page/s/smith.shtml (John Smith's explorations) http://www.nuclearfiles.org/chron/40/1940s.html (The Manhattan Project) http://www.bartleby.com/65/cr/Crusades.html(The Crusades) http://www.microserve.net/~magicusa/houdibio.html (Harry Houdini) http://peicommerce.com/HISTORY/ROMAN/SULLA/SULLA.HTM(Roman dictator Sulla) http://users.tibus.com/the-great-war/events.htm (World War I dates) http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Chumash/ (Early California history) http://www.lbdb.com/TMDisplayBattle.cfm?BID=248 (Teutoberger Wald)
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